Improvement in saw-tables



N. PETERS, PNOTO-LITNOGRAPHER, WASMNGT VVCHARLES H. DOUGLAS, CF HARTFORD, CONNECTICUT.

Letters Patent No. 107 ,346, dated September 13, 1870.

IMPROVEMENT IN SAW-TABLES. l

The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making part of the same.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that l, CHAnLEs.H. DOUGLAS, of Hartford, in Vthe county of Hartford and State of Connecticut, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Buzz-saw Tables; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the construction and operation of the same, referencebeing had to the annexed drawings making apart of' this specification, in which-- Figure l is a longitudinal elevation, and

Figure 2 is a top view of a saw-table embracing my improvements A is the frame of the saw-table, and

B is the table-top, hinged to an adjustable frame, C, at D.

.E E E E are screws, rmly attached to the frame C at each corner, which extend down through the nuts F F F F.

These nut-s revolve in the metal plates G, to which they are loosely attached, and are 'in the form of sheaves, around which an endless chain, H, passes.

Thischain is moved by the Ysheave and crank I, which causes all four of the nut-s F to revolve' at the same time.

By this means the frame C and table-top B are raised and lowered, to allow the s aw K to extend to a/greater or lesser distance through the table, as may be required for the work to be done.

It will be seen that, by this device, thc tablertop B maintains a level and firm position at any height that it may be placed in relation to the saw.

The nuts F F F F ina-y also be revolved by screws or bevel-gears, but the chain, being more simpleA and convenient, is preferable.

The table-top B may be raised up on its hinges, as represented by the dotted lines in ],.for the purpose ot' changing saws', Ste.

L is Ia plate, of` metal or other convenient material,

attached rmly toth-e table B on one side of the saw,

andhaving an arm on each end, which extends by the saw sniciently far to allow the plate M, on the opposite side ot' the saw, to slide back and forth thereon.

N N--are set-screws to hold the plate M in any de` sired place.

Between these two plates the saw is designed to play, and by this device the opening or slot therefor' may be enlarged or contracted to suit the thickness of the saw, or may be opened wide enough for af'cutter-head ot' any desired thickness. l

The plate M may be made to slide far enough to allow the saws to be taken olf or put on the arbor without raising the top B, and the screws E E E E may then-be secured directlyto the top B, if it should be found desirable to dispense with the intermediate Frame C.

lhe plates or sockets G G G G, in which vthe sheave-nuts F F F F revolve, are secured to the top ot the frame A at each corner, and in such a position that the screws vE'E E E canconveniently extend ,down through the said nuts.

The screws E E E E are stationary to the frame C, and project downward at right angles therewith, and serve the double purpose of screws, by which, in combination with nuts F F F F, the table-top B is elevated and depressed equally at all points, and of steady-pins, to hold it irmly in its place at whatever elevation it may be raised.

Three very important results are obtained and combined bythis elevating device:

First, the top ot the saw-table B is elevated ordepressed equally and simultaneously at eachcorner,

and hence it is always level and at right angles with justable frame C, andhinged top B, all substantially as and for the purposes hereinbefore specified.'

2. The plates or sockets G G G G, nuts F F F F, and screws E E E E, when arranged and operated in combination with each other and the saw-table top B, as and for the purpose specified.

CHAS. H. DOUGLAS.

Witnesses E. G. BARNARDL GEo. D. LIVINGSTON. 

